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CVE-2014-0476

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
25/10/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse executable. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when /tmp is not mounted with the noexec option.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.70
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:chkrootkit:chkrootkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.49 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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